IC 2525
IC 2525
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
732 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 732 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2525 as it looked roughly 732 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 2543 NED01Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2503Barred spiral54 million ly
apartIC 2502Spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical62 million ly
apartIC 2497Barred spiral63 million ly
apartNGC 3219Elliptical64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2503Barred spiral54 million ly
apartIC 2502Spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical62 million ly
apartIC 2497Barred spiral63 million ly
apartNGC 3219Elliptical64 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).